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What will future bring? For sure there will be bigger and more beautiful ships. The following summarizes changes in fleets for the period 2005 to 2009:

COMPANY
DELIVERY DATE
SHIP NAME
PASSENGER CAPACITY
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
2005
CARNIVAL LIBERTY
2,974
MSC CRUISES USA
3/05
MSC SINFONIA
1,566
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2005
PRIDE OF AMERICA
2,156
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2005
NORWEGIAN JEWEL
2,400
OCEANIA CRUISES, INC.
11/05
NAUTICA
684
COSTA CRUISE LINES
6/06
COSTA CONCORDIA
3,000
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
2/06
NOORDAM
1,848
MSC CRUISES USA
6/06
MSC MUSICA
2,600
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2006
PRIDE OF HAWAII
2,400
PRINCESS CRUISES
5/06
CROWN PRINCESS
3,110
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INT'L
5/06
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
3,600
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES
2007
CARNIVAL FREEDOM
2,974
COSTA CRUISE LINE
6/07
N/A
3,000
CUNARD
2007
QUEEN VICTORIA
2,000
MSC CRUISES USA
6/07
N/A
2,600
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2007
N/A
2,400
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
2007
N/A
2,430
PRINCESS CRUISES
5/07
EMERALD PRINCESS
3,110
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INT'L
5/07
FREEDOM CLASS II
3,600
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INT'L
1/08
FREEDOM CLASS III
3,600

Also some ships will be deleted from fleets in same period: Celebrity Cruises Horizon, Costa Tropicale, Crystal Harmony, Norwegian Cruise Lines: Norwegian Sea, Norwegian Majesty, Royal Princess of Princess Cruises and Raddison Diamons of Radisson Seven Seas Cruises.

What future brings when it comes to design and development ? Only time will tell but here are a few ideas:

Future Cruise Ship Future Cruise Ship
Future Cruise Ship Future Cruise Ship

Freedom



Comments:
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Gary
Grand Rapids
27.5.2008 9:31:10
those futuristic ones are soo ugly. keep them traditional

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